Are Your Worried Because Your Doctor Says You Need a Pacemaker? Have You Been Trying to Get the Facts about Pacemakers and Found There is Not Much Easy-to-Understand Information Out There?
Dear Friend,
Getting an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator is a HUGE decision, but there is not a lot of information to help you make an informed decision. Most doctors are too busy to answer your questions in details--as if you even knew what to ask! And if you looked around, the books and resources about cardiac pacing are written for cardiologists, not for ordinary people trying to learn a little bit about pacemakers. Plus, I bet you don't even know anybody else with a pacemaker to ask.
So How Can You Find Out the Truth about Pacemakers?
If you go to the websites of the pacemaker manufacturers, you'll find out a lot of information. But are they telling you the real story or do you think they might be a bit biased? And even if you could understand the medical journals and scientific books out there, they are often written about very specific conditions or uses of pacemakers from the point of view of clinicians. For a long while, there was no book on the market anywhere written for people considering getting a pacemaker.
But there is now! In fact, there's a whole treasure box of information for you designed to help teach you a bit about pacemakers and ease your mind.
Should You Get a Pacemaker?
First, let's get one thing straight.You need to discuss this subject with your doctor. You need to have a good physician whom you can trust, a medical expert who knows all about your physical conditions and maybe a bit about your personality, your lifestyle, and your family situation. Medicine is complicated and lots of things ... from the drugs you take, diseases you might have, physical limitations you have ... can influence whether or not any therapy (like a pacemaker) is a good choice for you.
I am not a doctor or a nurse. In fact, I don't have any medical degree at all. What I am is a medical writer. For 15 years, I've worked for pacemaker companies where I wrote physician's manuals, training materials, and user's guides about pacemakers. I've worked side by side with the men and women who invented many of the very advanced features of these tiny devices! I've sat and learned from some of the world's foremost authorities who implant these devices. But in all those years, I never had a chance to do what I really wanted, mainly to explain in ordinary language in everyday terms what pacemakers do.
My goal is not to tell you what you should do ... my goal is to equip you with the information you need to discuss the topic with your doctor.
Ever had trouble communicating with your doctor?
You may have a great doctor, but have you sat there wondering if you needed a pacemaker, and didn't even know what to ask? Have you ever tried to figure out to ask a bit about a pacemaker and got an answer from your doctor that you didn't understand or seemed like it didn't make sense?
Maybe you're like most people and you just sit there and let the doctor do the talking ... and go home and wonder what it was the doctor was trying to say!
Let's face it. Most doctors today are very busy. They have this thing they need to concern themsevles with called "patient throughput." It means how many patients they can see in an hour or a day. That kind of attitude means the doctor wants to get you in and out of his or her office fast. Your doctor may want to share information with you about pacing, but unless you are prepared with questions ... it's unlikely the doctor will just sit and chat.
You have to take control of your conversations with your physician if you really want to get the information you need!
Get equipped with three unique new books
Now for the first time, we can make available to you a great package of materials designed to help you and your family learn about pacemakers and defibrillators. These are real books that you can buy, right now, on Amazon. But unlike the printed versions you can get there (and they sell for $27 to $35 each), I will send you an electronic version. You'll get these books as PDF files, so you can read them on your computer or print them out.
Pacemaker Owner's Manual is a great, thorough, basic book about what pacemakers are, how they work, and who might need them. This will give you insight into the potential risks and benefits you may face as a pacemaker person. Look for information on what pacemakers do, how they work, and lifestyle issues for pacemaker people.
But not everybody needs a pacemaker--some people require defibrillation to "jolt" a too-fast heart back into normal rhythm. If that's you, we're including Defibrillator Owner's Manual. Since every defibrillator on the market today contains a built-in pacemaker, you should also look at Pacemaker Owner's Manual, too. This book is shorter than the Pacemaker Owner's Manual but covers the basic of defibrillation therapy.
You have or might need this kind of device because you have a cardiac rhythm disorder--what doctors like to call an "arrhythmia." So we'll also include a related book entitled All About Arrhythmias. It's got color illustrations to help show you how a healthy heart works and how a rhythm disorder can affect you.
Once again, you are getting the electronic versions of these books, not the printed ones, but w e'll give you all three books ...
But that's not all. If you or anyone you know has a pacemaker, you may have discovered something nobody ever warned you about. It's called a seatbelt. The shoulder-harness type seatbelts required by law in every state in the U.S. are very good to use ... but they may wind up "hitting you" in the wrong place. Shoulder seatbelts can rub you the wrong way! But we have a fast, easy solution. We call them "seatbelt covers" but we just made that name up.
Seatbelt covers can improve your ride (if you're a pacemaker person)!
What they are is a cushion pad (sort of like a foam pillow) that wraps easily around your shoulder seatbelt. The seatbelt cover attaches using one of those easy push-together, pull-apart kind of closures (no complicated installation required, no buttons, nothing complicated--you can attach this in about 3 seconds with no tools needed). It's nothing revolutionary ... unless you're one of those people who is tired of having the seatbelt strap cut across your implant site!
This is a handy device and you can get it at PacemakerShop.com. It's black and can be easily moved from one car to another.
Now in case you're wondering, this picture is a woman who actually uses this product (she got it from us). She lives around here and was gracious enough to let us use her picture. But in all honesty, I have to tell you ... she does not have a pacemaker. She wears this seatbelt cover because she is, well, "vertically challenged." She barely stands five-foot-nothing and she has always found that shoulder seatbelts were uncomfortable. But this is how anyone--a pacemaker person or somebody who just doesn't like shoulder seatbelts -- would wear this.
This is the most complete treasury of materials for pacemaker people we know!
Here is what you will get:
* Pacemaker Owner's Manual, an everyday-language book about pacemakers. If you go to Amazon right now for this book, you'd pay $27 and that doesn't include shipping. You're getting the electronic version.
* Defibrillator Owner's Manual, an everyday-language book about ICDs. You'll get the electronic version, but the printed version is available at Amazon, again for $27.
* All About Arrhythmias about cardiac rhythm disorders (with color illustrations). This book sells every day on Amazon for $35 (the art work made it a more expensive book to produce), but we'll give you the electronic version.
* Seatbelt Cover: $10
That's $98 worth of great materials that, as far as we know, has nothing else that is comparable! I don't know of any other plain-language book on pacemakers written for people who have them.
Here's a preview:
* Learn some of the everyday things you have to avoid as a pacemaker person--and learn the one biggest myth that ever was about cardiac pacing!
* Find out the two most common cardiac rhythm disorders that can cause your doctor to recommend a pacemaker for you (and, no, atrial fibrillation isn't one of them!)
* Learn what every heart attack survivor must know about defibrillators! It could be a matter of life and death!
* The biggest "surprise" for a lot of people undergoing pacemaker surgery (hint: it has to do with anesthesia)
* How to travel efficiently and zip through metal detectors (well, as much as anybody can "zip" through those long security lines!)
* The steps done in follow-up and things you should ask your doctors about
* The most common symptoms that could indicate you need a pacemaker or defibrillator or that your implanted device is not programmed to optimal settings for you
You could get this offer right now and pay $47 for it (that's the price) and be doing great. You'd be getting a wealth of information (three books' worth) and a practical product for your vehicle's seatbelt.
But we have only just gotten started ...
A few weeks back I went to Los Angeles and visited Coyote Studios. I happen to know the guy who owns it and we put together two DVDs about pacemakers. You may not believe it, but the guy who runs the place ("Coyote" Cooper) also used to work with me at a pacemaker company. He has done lots of medical illustrations that are still used today on websites and in medical books and in pacemaker manuals! We sat down to make some information-packed DVDs. Now don't expect a big action-adventure movie. What I did was sit down and answer a lot of the most common questions about pacemakers and defibrillators. It's kind of like you and I had the chance to sit down and grab a cup of coffee and chat about your pacemaker for about 40 minutes.
In my more than 20 years involved in pacing and defibrillation, I've met lots of doctors and patients and these are the main questions and issues that come up over and over again.
This is the closest thing you can get to a one-on-one face-to-face conversation with a pacemaker manual writer who has no vested interest at all in whether you get a device or not. I'll tell you what I know, what I've learned, and what I think. Remember, I'm not a medical person--but I have and continue to write training material used to train those medical people about how pacemakers work!
The 12 Most Common Questions About Your Pacemaker puts together the most commonly asked questions with simple answers. This is a great resource if you don't like to read a book or you just want to see me in person. (I'm the lady in the DVDs.) This is the same stuff I would tell you if we sat down at your kitchen table and you asked me your questions about pacemakers! You'll get this as a real DVD (on a disk) that you can play in your DVD player.
The 6 Things You Thought Were True about Your Pacemkaer (But Aren't) and 3 Things You Didn't Know Were True (But Are) is the second DVD we did. Okay, the title is a little bit long, but it's necessary. I knew what people asked about pacemakers ... but I also knew there were things people with pacemakers ought to ask but never did. Find out what some of these things are. And there are a few myths about pacemakers that I debunk. This is me, just as I would be if I were sitting across the table from you and telling you what I think you should know about pacemakers.This is a real DVD (on a disk) that plays in a DVD player.
(Note: these DVDs must be played in a DVD player. They will not play on most computers.)
These DVDs are worth $25 each and they're not available on Amazon or anywhere else. They're exclusive to us and you can only buy them online.
So that's the offer ... three great books and two DVDs and a seatbelt cover ... all for $47. The two DVDs alone are worth $50.
And we've saved the best for last ....
When you order this from us, we will include in your order a red envelope with a stamp and our return address. Inside this envelope is a little card. Here's the deal ...
Your own personal consultation question
You ask, we'll answer. You ask a pacemaker or defibrillator question and we'll do our best to get the answer. I'm a professional medical writer and I normally get $100/hour for my services in terms of using medical libraries to research questions. If I write an article, I generally get $1/word. Those aren't made-up rates. This is a real skill and it's very much in demand for doctors and hospitals and medical companies around the world.
I'll do that for you ... absolutely free as a bonus.
There are a couple of rules for this offer, though:
* You must give us your mailing address (we will mail the answer in writing back to you). No phone calls, please! I like to write out the answers so that you and I both have a record of it. Sometimes in conversation things can get miscommunicated!
* Your question must relate to pacemakers, defibrillators, or cardiac rhythm disorders.
* I cannot research physicians or hospitals for you. Your questions must relate to a medical condition or how pacemakers or defibrillators work. I cannot practice medicine or recommend physicians or clinics. What I can do is research--the exact same kind that I get paid to do every single day by physicians, hospitals, and medical companies.
* Although we will never use your name, the answer we prepare for you belongs to us and may be used by us on our websites or in future books. You have to agree to that. Let's face it, if you ask a question, there's a pretty good chance it's a question other people have wondered about, too. So we may publish it at some point.
One more time ...
In case you weren't keeping up, you're getting:
| Pacemaker Owner's Manual (e-book) |
$27 |
| Defibrillator Owner's Manual (e-book) |
$27 |
| All About Arrhythmias (e-book) |
$35 |
| Seatbelt Cover |
$10 |
| DVD: 12 Questions |
$25 |
| DVD: 6 Things You Didn't Ask |
$25 |
| Red Envelope (research consultation) |
$100 |
| Total value |
$249 |
You will get all of this for the one-time price of $47 plus shipping/handling.
Now you can get the books any time ... they're part of the Amazon catalog. You can also buy the seatbelt cover whenever you want (it's available online). But the DVDs are only available from us through this site.
And as for the red envelope ... not only is this the only such offer that we know of, we are definitely not going to do this for a long period of time. We may take this off the website at any moment. It depends on how many questions we get (since we research these individually ... we just don't have unlimited time).
Our guarantee cannot be beat!
What's more, all of this is guaranteed. We back everything we do with our no-questions-asked guarantee. If you think this isn't what we represent or if you just don't like it or for some reason you don't think we answered your questions or gave you realistic and useful information ... just send the stuff back. We'll cheerfully refund your full purchase. Now our lawyers say we have to put a time limit on a guarantee like this ... we'd like to guarantee it forever, but the legal eagles tell us that just isn't practical. So we'll do the maximum we can. You have our guarantee for one year. That's right ... one full year from date of purchase to see if we don't deliver. You have plenty of time to read the books, watch the DVDs, share them with your friends and family, and see if this isn't all that we say and more.
Maybe you want to know what people have said about our materials?
"The Pacemaker Owner's Manual is a great resource. It explains complex concepts in a format that's entertaining and most of all, informative."
Scott Kaplan, California
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"Jo Ann, you're a gem! I was sitting here thinking of my own pacemaker needs and I thought about other family members. Anway, I am trying to get my family members to talk about our family history of problems and I am going to suggest to them that each of them buys your book [Pacemaker Owner's Manual]. I am also going to donate a copy of it to my new cardiologist's office for the waiting room."
Gloria Curtis, North Carolina |
We hope you take advantage of this great offer now. We made it as inexpensive as we could so the decision would be easy. Just $47! We'll ship out your order promptly from our facility in Texas. And we'd love to hear from you! You can comment on our blog at PacemakerPeople.com!
Jo Ann LeQuang
P.S.This offer is only good for recipients in the U.S. We're sorry but at this time we just don't have international shipping capabilities. This may change, and we apologize for the inconvenience. If you really want this and you're outside of the U.S. contact us at ReddSupportGuy at gmail.com and we will try to figure something out.
P.P.S. Remember, you have a one-year guarantee! Try it and see if this is not the best allround package of pacemaker information ever. And it's not written by a pacemaker company or a doctor or anyone with a vested interest in your getting or not getting a pacemaker.
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